Let’s peel back the layers and marvel at the astonishing craft of wasp paper makers. Wasps are not just insects with a painful sting; they are nature’s builders, using remarkable skills to ...

The most common types of social wasps you're likely to encounter include: Paper wasps. Paper wasps are usually brown with yellowish markings and long legs that hang beneath them as they fly.

Wasps and hornets both use chewed up wood pulp to fashion nests from a gray-brown “paper” that they sculpt into various shapes. For example, paper wasps generally build little umbrella shaped ...

Arizona's warm climate supports a lengthy wasp season, with common species including yellowjackets, paper wasps and hornets. During these months, wasps are more prevalent, making it essential to ...

Social wasps are further classified into three groups—hornets, yellowjackets, and paper wasps—and live in colonies in communal nests. They’re carnivorous and more aggressive towards humans ...

“Really, they’re just looking at three: yellow jackets, paper wasps, and bald-faced hornets.” Each has a different style of nest, and, as Texas A&M’s Mike Merchant told us, “because they ...

(3) You’ll find these wasps throughout the U.S., usually flying around structures. Paper wasps are about a half inch to 1 inch long and identified by their reddish-brown to black body and long ...

Though it’s only April, don’t be surprised if you have already seen a wasp or two. Are you starting to notice large reddish-brown insects with wings? This is most likely the Paper Wasp ...

Some might be surprised to learn that there are actually more than 30,000 wasp species. The three most commonly encountered are hornets, paper wasps and yellow jackets. While they might be a ...